Algiers journalist arrested, TV channel told to stop working

NewsReporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Algerian authorities to stop obstructing the media’s work after they arrested a journalist on suspicion of providing video footage of protests to foreign media outlets, including Al Jazeera, and ordered an Algerian TV channel to suspend its activities. Sofiane Merrakchi, who is a reporter for Al Mayadeen TV and at the same time a producer for several foreign TV channels including France 24 and RT, was a

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